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Chapter 2 Managing the GSS from the CLI

Disabling the GSS Software

Disabling a GSS device is necessary when you need to:

• Switch the role of a GSS within a network

• Change a GSS to a GSSM

• Move a GSS or GSSM to a different network of GSS devices

Use the gss disable command to disable a selected GSSM or GSS. This command

removes the existing configuration and returns the GSS device to its initial state,

which includes deleting the GSSM database from the GSS device and removing

all configured DNS rules and keepalives. The gss disable command also removes

any certificate attributes specified using the certificate set-attributes command.

To disable a GSS device:

gssm1.example.com# gss disable

gssm1.example.com# shutdown

To reenable the GSS device as a primary GSSM, standby GSSM, or a GSS, refer

to the Cisco Global Site Selector Getting Started Guide.

Restoring GSS Factory Default Settings

The restore-factory-defaults command erases your GSSM database and all of its

data and resets all network settings, returning your GSS hardware to the same

state it was in when it first arrived from the factory. If your GSS device is

improperly configured, use the restore-factory-defaults command to restore the

device to its initial state and to allow you to properly configure the GSS device

for use on your network.

The restore-factory-defaults command erases your GSSM database and all of its

data and resets all network settings, returning your GSS hardware to the same

state it was in when it first arrived from the factory. Before you enter the

restore-factory-defaults command, ensure that you back up any vital data in the

database component of the primary GSSM, along with its network and device

configuration information. Use the gssm backup command to perform a primary

GSSM backup. Refer to

Chapter 7, Backing Up and Restoring the GSSM for

details.